Standalone Books in Order

The recommended reading order for the Standalone series is publication order: 1. Your Secret Admirer (As: Carl Laymon) (1980), 2. The Woods Are Dark (1981), 3. Out Are the Lights (1982), 4. Nightmare Lake (As: Carl Laymon) (1983), 5. Night Show (1984), and 34 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Standalone series by Richard Laymon contains 39 books. The series began in 1980 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Standalone series is written by Richard Laymon. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

Publication Order

Your Secret Admirer (As: Carl Laymon)

The Woods Are Dark

Out Are the Lights

Nightmare Lake (As: Carl Laymon)

Night Show

Dawson's City

Beware

Allhallow's Eve

Night Creature

Dark Mountain / Tread Softly (As: Richard Kelly)

Thin Air

Flesh

Resurrection Dreams

Midnight's Lair (As: Richard Kelly)

Funland

The Stake

One Rainy Night

Darkness, Tell Us

Island

Blood Games

Alarums

Savage

Endless Night

In the Dark

Quake

Body Rides

Bite

After Midnight

The Wilds

Cuts

Among the Missing

Come Out Tonight

The Traveling Vampire Show

Once Upon a Halloween

No Sanctuary

Night in the Lonesome October

Amara / To Wake The Dead

The Lake

The Glory Bus / Into the Fire

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